Due to liability concerns, the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures (EALC) does not provide translation services for any type of official or legal documentation or certify translated documents as correct. This includes but is not limited to driver’s licenses, financial documents, educational transcripts, birth or death certificates, and marriage or divorce documents. Please do not contact faculty in the department asking to have these types of official documents translated for you.
You can easily find certified translation services by searching online. For most East Asian languages, the closest certified translators are located in Indianapolis Indiana. Indiana University international students needing a translation of their official documents can contact the Office of International Services.
The East Asian Studies Center has compiled a list of some translation and interpretation services for Chinese, Japanese and Korean that are available in the area.
East Asian Resources
- Asia documents (UCLA)
- Asian History Sourcebook
- Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
- AsiaSource (Asia Society)
- CDC Health Information for Travelers
- ChinaOnline
- Chinese History Research Site (UC San Diego)
- CIA World Factbook
- East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Dictionary of Internet Resources
- East Asia On Line (USC)
- East Asia Libraries Cooperative
- Educational Resources on East Asia (UCLA)
- Historical architecture of Asia
- Internet Resources on Korea (U. of Hawaii)
- Japan, My Japan (U. of Nagoya)
- National Library of China
- South China Sea Virtual Library (China)
- Visual Sourcebook for Chinese Civilization
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Chinese Embassy
- China State Statistical Bureau
- Japanese Embassy
- Japan Statistics Bureau
- South Korean Embassy
- Korean Statistics Office
- Taiwan Government Information Office
- Taiwan Statistics
- US Embassy – Beijing
- US Embassy – Seoul
- US Embassy – Tokyo
- US State Department Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
- Art History Resources on the Web
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
- Chinese Literature Classics
- Classical Chinese Literature
- Daoist Studies
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: The National Museum of Asian Art for the United States
- Japanese Literature Resources (Creighton U.)
- Kyoto National Museum
- Japanese Text Initiative (U. of Virginia)
- National Institute of Japanese Literature
- Korean Literature
- National Museum of Korea
- National Palace Museum (Taiwan)
Policy on the Translation of Official Legal Documents
Policy on Informal translations and interpretation
For informal translations and interpretation services, we would be happy to forward your request to graduate students in our department who are interested in translations and interpreting jobs. In these cases, you would be contracting directly with the individual/graduate student. The EALC Department would not be liable for the quality and accuracy of the translation or interpretation. For most small translation or interpretation jobs, these students are very capable, competent, and helpful. Please send your requests to EALC, and include the type of job required, as well as contact information and payment parameters.
**If you have questions or concerns about these translation and interpretation policies, you please contact Professor Charles Lin, EALC Department Chair.
**If you have questions or concerns about these translation and interpretation policies, you please contact Professor Charles Lin, EALC Department Chair.
Language Tutors
If you require a tutor in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Language, you may send a request to EALC, and your message will be forwarded to graduate students who are interested in tutoring jobs. Once again, in these cases, you would be contracting directly with the individual/graduate student. Please include your language, level, and contact information with your request.
You may also contact Indiana University Bloomington’s Asian Culture Center, where they maintain a conversation partners program which can be helpful for learners of East Asian Languages to practice their Asian Language Skills in an informal setting. However, this is not an actual tutoring service.
You may also contact Indiana University Bloomington’s Asian Culture Center, where they maintain a conversation partners program which can be helpful for learners of East Asian Languages to practice their Asian Language Skills in an informal setting. However, this is not an actual tutoring service.